Murmansk Ship Repair Plant

Murmansk Ship Repair Plant (Russian: Мурманский судоремонтный завод, MSRZ) was a ship-repair enterprise based in Murmansk, Russia, on the eastern shore of the ice-free Kola Bay, between the Murmansk commercial sea port, the fishing port and the railway station, close to the city centre. It traces its origins to ship-repair workshops organised in March 1917, making it the first industrial enterprise of the city of Murmansk. In 1936 the workshops were reorganised as a plant. The yard repaired civil vessels of all classes and purposes, including ships with nuclear power installations, as well as ships of the Ministry of Defence. During the Second World War it operated around the clock, producing 27 types of armaments, ammunition and equipment, and repairing warships of the Northern Fleet and transport ships of the Northern convoys. It expanded and modernised until the late 1980s. In the 1990s order volumes fell sharply. The plant continued repairing small and medium-sized vessels and producing spare parts. Its structure typically included about 15 functional departments, four production shops, ten sections and a factory laboratory. By 2012 bankruptcy proceedings had begun, and on 5 April 2019 the enterprise ceased operations. The official website presents the company as ООО «Мурманский судоремонтный завод», founded in 1917, with an archival-historical site for the former ОАО «МСРЗ МФ».

The Murmansk Ship Repair Plant began as ship-repair workshops organised in March 1917, making it the first industrial enterprise in the city of Murmansk. In 1936 the workshops were transformed into a plant. The enterprise was located on the eastern shore of the Kola Bay, which is ice-free year-round, between the Murmansk commercial sea port, the fishing port and the railway station, near the central part of Murmansk. During the Second World War the plant worked around the clock. It produced 27 types of armaments, ammunition and equipment, and repaired warships of the Northern Fleet and transport ships of the Northern convoys. After the war it continued to expand and modernise until the late 1980s. The plant repaired civil vessels of all classes and purposes, including ships with nuclear power installations, as well as ships of the Ministry of Defence. In the 1990s order volumes fell sharply. The plant carried out repairs of small and medium-sized vessels and fulfilled orders for the manufacture of spare parts. Its structure typically included about 15 functional departments, four production shops, ten sections and a factory laboratory. By 2012 bankruptcy proceedings had been initiated at the plant. On 5 April 2019 it ceased operations. The official website presents the operating company as ООО «Мурманский судоремонтный завод», founded in 1917, and maintains an archival-historical site for the former ОАО «МСРЗ МФ».

• 2019

  Ceased operations on 5 April.

• 2012

  Bankruptcy proceedings initiated at the plant.

• 1990

  Order volumes fell sharply in the 1990s; the plant focused on small and medium-sized vessel repair and spare parts.

• 1980

  Expansion and modernisation continued until the late 1980s.

• 1941

  During the Second World War the plant worked around the clock, producing 27 types of armaments, ammunition and equipment and repairing Northern Fleet warships and Northern convoy transports.

• 1936

  Workshops reorganised as a plant.

• 1917

  Ship-repair workshops organised in March, the first industrial enterprise in Murmansk.

A historic Murmansk ship-repair yard serving civilian and naval fleets, once a key Arctic repair base, later wound down through bankruptcy.

• Ship repair services

  Repair of civil vessels of all classes and purposes, including ships with nuclear power installations, and ships of the Ministry of Defence.

• Spare parts manufacturing

  Production of spare parts for ships.

• Wartime armaments and equipment

  During the Second World War, production of 27 types of armaments, ammunition and equipment.

1. 1ООО Мурманский судоремонтный завод — official websitemsrz.ru
2. 2Murmansk Ship Repair Plant — Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Мурманский судоремонтный завод Морского флота — Russian Wikipediaru.wikipedia.org